Tue 29 May 2007
Tomorrow we’re off to Book Expo in New York City. Book Expo is where publishers show off all their new or upcoming publications. There are free books galore (although the price is sore feet, tired shoulders, lots of bumping into people, and shipping all the books home). It’s also a great place to people watch as you never know who you’ll bump into. Last year I couldn’t understand why someone would point a real video cam complete with bright lights at me, until I realized I was standing beside Steve Wozniak, who was about to promote his new book. Ex-cuuuuuuse me, please. It will also give us a chance to eat at some really good restaurants, including Mitali East, a to-die-for Indian place on 6th St. You’ll be reading about that and other delights on Greasy Spoons.
Then it’s back to Sarah’s folks’ house in Newington, CT for a few nights, although Sarah has a speaking engagement at a library workshop in western MA on Tuesday.
Next Thursday it’s off to Albany, NY for the North American Conference of The Historical Novel Society. Sarah’s been the one of the planners of this conference as she was for the original conference, which was held two years ago in Salt Lake City.
Finally, we fly home the following Monday. I think I’ll need a week off to recuperate. 😛
June 1st, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Mark, out of curiosity, did you read Woz’s autobiography? Could be interesting.
On a related note, you and your readers may be interested in this joint interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, conducted by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. The video links are at the bottom of the page.
http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070530/d5-gates-jobs-interview/
June 1st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
No, I don’t usually read biographies or autobiographies. He’s probably an interesting guy to talk with, though.